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+# rules to make a distribution tarball from a git repo
+# Copyright 2008 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
+
+GITREF?=	HEAD
+DISTPREFIX?=	${PROG}-${VERSION}
+DISTFILE?=	${DISTPREFIX}.tar.bz2
+
+CLEANFILES+=	${DISTFILE}
+
+dist:
+	git archive --prefix=${DISTPREFIX}/ ${GITREF} | bzip2 > ${DISTFILE}